The prosecution conclude their part of arguments on August 26
The International Crimes Tribunal will deliver the verdict any day in a war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam.
The International Crimes Tribunal 1 concluded hearing the arguments and passed the order keeping the case CAV, meaning ‘verdict would be delivered later.’
On September 14, after submitting for nine sessions, the defence for ATM Azharul Islam concluded placing arguments at the International Crimes Tribunal 1.
The three-member tribunal, led by Justice M Enayetur Rahim, later adjourned the hearing until September 18 accepting a time plea of the prosecution.
On September 11, the tribunal asked the prosecution to prepare for placing rebuttal arguments after the end of defence argument.
The prosecution concluded their part of arguments on August 26, seeking death penalty for Azhar.
A total of 19 witnesses testified against the accused. Of them, the prosecution declared their seventh witness hostile. The defence produced a relative of Azhar to testify in his favour.
According to the case, Azhar, now 61, was a commander of Rangpur district unit of al-Badr during the war. He was arrested on August 23, 2012. The tribunal indicted him on November 12 last year on six specific charges of crimes against humanity.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
